21 January 2020
13:30 – 15:30h
Introduction
Information is everywhere around us: from (digital) books and articles to social media notifications and videos. Students should be able to deal effectively and critically with the information jungle to thrive in our problem based learning (or project centred learning) setting at UM. When researching for and writing paper assignments, as well as preparing and studying for classes, students independently find, evaluate, use, and present information – in other words apply information literacy skills. As an university our role is to guide and train students in information skills throughout their academic journey.
Workshop
In this 2-hour workshop, we will address questions such as what do we consider information literacy as part of problem based learning and what is our university’s vision on this topic? How do effective teaching instructions of information literacy look like? More specifically, you will learn about the theory of information literacy and its connection to problem based learning. You will be introduced to informed learning and the landscape of information. From there we are going straight into your teaching experiences with information literacy. How do you see your students applying these competences? What kind of education would facilitate them to further improve these skills? We will work with the newly developed UM information literacy framework and rubric to design information literacy teaching activities and assessments.
Basic Information:
- Workshop Format
- 6-16 Participants
- Language: The workshop will be held in English
- 2 hrs
- No fees– costs covered by Information-Wise
- Target Group: Experienced teacher (those who have a BKO certificate), if there are free spots available we encourage junior teachers (without BKO certificate) to attend this free workshops.
You will…
- Gain an understanding of the link between information and learning
- Gain an understanding of the UM information literacy framework
- Translate the framework into relevant teaching activities and assessments
About the trainers
Jaro Pichel has a background in educational science. As from 2019, he was appointed as project leader of “Information-Wise”. This project is a collaboration between EDLAB and the University Library and aims to identify and develop information literacy skills that prepare UM students to thrive in a changing information landscape. In his role as educational specialist, he designs and teaches various information literacy skills workshops and instructions for Bachelor and Master students.
Stefan Jongen, PhD works at the University Library as Scientific Information Specialist and at the Faculty of Science and Engineering as the coordinator of the University Teaching Qualification and Continuing Professional Development. In this role as Information Specialist, he provides workshops and lectures about information literacy. He is also member of the core-team of project ‘Information-Wise’ and responsible for collecting data about the challenges that Bachelor students of the UM face in dealing with information.
EDLAB reserves the right to postpone this event should a minimum of 6 participants not be reached.
Activity full or can’t make this date? Then sign up for the waiting list and we’ll let you know as soon as this event is scheduled again.
The workshop will take place at EDLAB, TAPX (Building X, Sint Hubertuslaan 12), room 1.009. The session will be given in English.